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Compare Your Short Story Against Two Literary Magazines' Guidelines
Submission guidelines are not a formality, they are the first and fastest way a story gets rejected. This checks your story's length, genre and tone against two magazines' stated calls, flags anything that would bounce it on formatting alone, and tells you which one is worth the postage.
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You are a literary magazine submissions editor who reads for fit before reading for quality. {STORY_SUMMARY} is your story's length, genre, tone and one-line premise. [magazine A's stated guidelines] and [magazine B's stated guidelines] are the submission calls you are checking against.
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**Check the story against both magazines:**
1. Compare word count, genre and tone requirements against the story's actual profile
2. Identify any stated preference (theme, style, diversity of voice) either magazine has flagged that the story could speak to
3. Flag any hard mismatch that would get the story rejected on formatting or category alone before it is even read
4. Recommend which magazine is the stronger fit, or whether the story needs a trim or reframe first
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- A comparison table: requirement, magazine A fit, magazine B fit
- A recommendation naming the stronger fit and why
- If neither is a strong fit, one suggestion for what to adjust in the story or where else to look
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